Toshio Iezumi

Japan, b. 1954

Place of BirthAshikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

BiographyInternationally renowned artist Toshio Iezumi was born in 1954 in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Japan in 1985. He is celebrated for his contemplative sculptures and interplay of appearances: presenting ever-changing light transmission and regulated reflection. Iezumi's oeuvre focuses on the physical phenomenon of form and light, combined with his philosophy of simplicity and materiality. He treats each piece using a specific technique, joining plates of sheet glass and then grinding and polishing them.

Residing in Japan, he is both a practicing artist and Associate Professor of Fine Art at the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts. His work has been exhibited in art galleries and in museum exhibitions worldwide, including 'World Glass Now' (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 1991 & 1994); 'Venezia Aperto Vetro' (Museo Correr, Venice, Italy 1996); 'The Glass Skin' (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Corning Museum of Glass, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1997-99); 'Glass Exhibition' (Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum,); 'Outspoken Glass' (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,2003); 'Material Matters' (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006); 'Sculpture by the Sea' (Bondi, Australia, 2007). He is represented in the permanent collections of major museums including The Corning Museum of Glass; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Newark Museum of Art; The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo.